Russian refers to anything related to Russia, including: . Russians (русские, russkiye), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries; Rossiyane (россияне), Russian language term for all citizens and people of Russia, regardless of ethnicity; Russophone, Russian-speaking person (русскоговорящий ...

The Federation Council (Russian: Сове́т Федера́ции – Soviet Federatsii, common abbreviation: Совфед – Sovfed), or Senate (officially, starting from July 1, 2020) (Russian: Сенат, romanized: Senat), is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (the parliament of the Russian Federation), according to the 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation.